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Stories About ActiveX
News (15)
Reviews (5)
How-To (1)
From Around the Web (10)
News
Some people might dream of having the power to kill a product just before launch at a company the size of Microsoft, but for... 25-Apr-2008
Chinese-language blogs are detailing a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Works, the company's lower-end office productivity office productivity suite. 18-Apr-2008
Symantec warns of grim new sophistication among hackers and cybercriminals. 09-Apr-2008
Microsoft issued a critical patch for two vulnerabilities in the core graphics subsystem of Windows, one of eight fixes re... 08-Apr-2008
Hackers are using a new multiple-attack package composed of ActiveX exploits. 07-Apr-2008
Reviews
The Linksys Wireless-N Gigabit Router's strong feature set provides almost everything you'd want for a small business seeking to support legacy 802.11b/g hardware as well as faster 802.11n clients. 30-Apr-2008
The best new 802.11n wireless routers deliver strong performance, coverage, and compatibility--but picking the right one for your network is more complicated than ever. Our lab tests reveal the top choices, whether you are looking for a basic bargain or consider speed and range paramount. 29-Apr-2008
Whether you're partial to online services or to downloadable software, we have the Web's best free stuff and it'll keep you productive, secure, and entertained. 23-Mar-2008
Cure a sluggish PC, improve your defenses, and have more computing fun with these great programs. Most are freebies, and you can try those that aren't before you put down any cash. 15-Oct-2007
Turn your PC on, and you're immediately vulnerable to malicious attacks. But you can use these free applications to minimize the dangers and protect yourself. 02-Jul-2007
How-To
A practical guide to closing the most dangerous software vulnerabilities that crooks target with ready-made attack kits. 22-Aug-2007
From Around the Web
Dear me. Just because I recently talked about Windows XP SP3's virtues and vices, some people seem to think I've turned away from my beloved Linux...
Monday . Expreview reports Intel claims upgrade GPU has no benefit to users Fudzilla's GPU news: GT200 is 512-bit and sampling and RV770Pro...
ActiveX has long been regarded as a thorn in the side of Windows users everywhere; a gaping hole through which spyware and viruses can contaminate...
Question: I often read in your column about people who have a great deal of trouble with spam e-mail. I have had a great deal of success using...
HP's Software Update Tool has been found to contain flaws which can lead to remote code execution or the leakage of sensitive information stored on ...
Attackers are doing a drive-by on your browser, but the defenses against such attacks are good and getting better.. . Windows users have to look at...
The precedent is set, as Microsoft killed a Yahoo ActiveX control with its last round of updates. . . Microsoft's April Patch Day disclosed serious...
Davey Winder steps into the murky world of botnets and gets some disturbing results from a routine online health check. . Now and then a statistic...
SafeAccess out-of-band NAC appliance performs host assessment and enforcement, but setup and management can be complex. . Out-of-band network...
The first entry in our out-of-band NAC Rolling Review, StillSecure SafeAccess, survived our Syracuse University Real-World Labs gauntlet with mixed...
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